§ Mr. Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish figures to show hospital waiting lists in Dundee district for each of the past five years; and if he will also show the numbers treated from the lists in each year in each specialty.
§ Mr. John MacKayDetails of numbers on hospital waiting lists in the Dundee district as at 30 September in each of the last 5 years are as follows:
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Specialty 1980 1981 1982* 1983 1984† General surgery 737 1,015 — 1,226 1,259 Orthopaedic surgery 743 766 — 1,366 1,181 ENT surgery 752 622 — 1,211 1,099 Ophthalmology 217 160 — 453 558 Urology 287 250 — 348 453 Neurosurgery 31 30 — 32 18 Plastic surgery 60 68 — 105 73 Dental surgery 79 63 — 102 70 General medicine 38 16 — 2 — Cardiology 36 46 — 47 57 Neurology 4 6 — 12 7 Dermatology 71 23 — 3 9 Rehabilitation medicine — — — 3 2 Chest medicine 2 4 — — 7 Radiotherapy 44 53 — 7 9 Surgical paediatrics — — — 257 258 Medical paediatrics 4 — — — — Gynaecology 94 113 — 289 179 Geriatric assessment 26 45 — 61 34 Psycho-geriatric unit 58 63 — 102 98 Total 3,283 3,383 4,334 5,626 5,371 * 1982 data are estimated due to industrial action in the Health Service. † 1984 data are provisional. The numbers admitted to hospitals in the Dundee district from waiting lists during the same period are as follows:
Specialty 1980 1981 1982 1983* 1984† General surgery 4,189 4,110 3,050 4,327 — Orthopaedic surgery 235 476 606 938 — ENT surgery 2,415 2,421 1,539 2,031 — Ophthalmology 1,261 1,178 1,075 1,480 — Urology 575 1,371 1,155 1,215 — Neurosurgery 169 257 266 318 — Plastic surgery 292 456 328 471 — Dental surgery 526 501 298 518 — General medicine 640 760 738 763 — Neurology 88 150 132 169 — Dermatology 373 361 326 351 — Rehab/Phys medicine — 122 109 67 — Respiratory medicine 269 220 139 37 — TB respiratory 98 91 52 1 — Radiotherapy 576 547 686 685 — Surgical paediatrics — — — 204 — Medical paediatrics 580 528 469 357 — Gynaecology 2,593 2,597 1,990 2,695 — Geriatric assessment 136 125 144 144 — Geriatric long-stay 8 — 2 9 — Young chronic sick 21 17 10 9 — Other 131 164 147 200 — Total 15,175 16,434 13,261 16,959 — * 1983 data are provisional. † 1984 data not yet available.